Explorer Coils in Ranger?

[01 Ranger]

I've got a 2001 Ranger XLT 2wd and I wanna lift the front 2 - 3 inches. I heard you could swap coil springs from an explorer(maybe V8) into my ranger to give it a little lift. Anyone have any knowledge on this?

 

[grant00]

try searching the forum....

but aside from that your ranger does not have coil springs, it has torsion bars just like all the second gen explorers. you can do a lift spindle like these here: http://shocksandsuspension.com/showitems_spindles-dc-5.htm
its towards the bottom if you look at the applications list.

 

[rwenzing]

98+ 2WD XL/XLT Rangers (except 2000 Trailhead XL) have coils up front but there is no Explorer equivalent. Ford made a number of different coil rates (6?) for these Rangers but I doubt that any would give a 3" lift. A spindle lift is probably the most common way to go.